Why Women Protest: Women's Movements in Chile (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)

Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

by Lisa Baldez

This book compares two ideologically opposed examples of women's movements in Chile. It studies the women who mobilized against the democratically elected government of President Salvador Allende (1970-1973) and those who mobilized against the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). The study documents and explains the similarities that exist between these two very different movements in terms of the moment at which they emerge and the way in which they frame their demands.

Genres: Gender

256 pages, Paperback

First published August 28, 1998

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[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

Women protest all the time, but when does a social movement become a women's movement? According to Baldez, a women's movement frames itself in terms of a woman's perspective. Chile presents an interesting case because there was both a conservative and liberal women's movement at the same time, opposing each other, throughout the Allende and Pinochet years. Baldez also emphasizes of importance of a political realignment for a women's movement to gain success.